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Coronavirus: How dangerous is lifting lockdown?

Reference to our 'lockdown rollback checklist' suggests the UK is in one of the worst positions globally for exiting lockdown.
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Where the virus is growing most: countries with ‘illiberal populist’ leaders

Thomas Hale quoted in relation to the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

New York Times
02 June 2020
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Critics say lockdowns will be more damaging than the virus. Experts say it's a false choice

Thomas Hale quoted in relation to the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

CNN
29 May 2020
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"Die Menschen haben gute Gründe, warum sie das Vertrauen in ihre Regierungen verloren haben"

"People have good reasons why they have lost confidence in their governments" - an interview with Ngaire Woods (in German)

Süddeutsche Zeitung magazine
28 May 2020
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Learning to live with COVID-19

Ngaire Woods and Leany Lemos write about the five lessons rich countries can learn from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on easing the lockdown

Project Syndicate
28 May 2020
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Trump school of government: teaching policy in an era of political dysfunction

 Karthik Ramanna sets out how the MPP programme gets people with different views to work together

Times Higher Education
28 May 2020
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Measuring the strictness of your lockdown: a university boils it down to one number

Coverage of the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker with quotes from Thomas Hale and our alumni

Wall Street Journal
23 May 2020
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Coronavirus Debate: What does the future of the world look like?

Ngaire Woods and Joseph Stiglitz discuss the big questions surrounding the future of the world after COVID-19

Channel 4 News
22 May 2020
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The results of Europe’s lockdown experiment are in

Opinion piece and analysis using data from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

Bloomberg
20 May 2020
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House of Commons launches programme to find the next generation of BAME leaders

The Pathway to Success leadership programme aims to equip individuals from diverse backgrounds with the knowledge and skills to stand for political office

The Voice
17 May 2020